Drat It: Cold nights, eager dogs don't always mix well

1:09 PM,
Feb. 7, 2014

Written by

Gere Goble
Features editor

Given my druthers, I would not have been wandering around in my back yard at 4:45 a.m. in sub-zero temperatures. Had I been a little more awake before I stepped out the door, I probably would have dressed more warmly - I had simply pulled my husband's coat over my pajamas and slipped my feet into battered gardening shoes.

But the dog was in a hurry, so I was, too.

The deep snow is different when it's that cold; the crunch has almost a squeaky quality. It seemed a bit easier to walk in - which was good, because not even the bracing cold could bring me completely awake at that hour. ...